We Indians have a history of surrender.

A recent report says that WhatsApp accounts of activists in India have been targeted by a spyware called Pegasus, wrote S Shantha. "Going by the testimonies of several activists and lawyers, a clear pattern on anti-caste activists across India has emerged." Dalit rights activist and lawyer Degree Prasad Chouhan isn't surprised. "Since Una uprising, the Dalit rights movement in the country has been growing. Most of us have been involved in several anti-caste and land rights movement and we have been running social and political movements on a large scale. The state is clearly feeling threatened," he alleged. Linking Prime Minister Modi's visit to Israel he said, "As far as I know, no PM has made such a visit to Israel. These attacks have a much deeper link. It needs to be probed." WhatsApp claimed that "the Indian government has previously used  the Israeli software to spy on a dozen users, including academics, lawyers, activists and journalists. According to media reports, the targeted surveillance took place during the 2019 general elections, which ran from April 11 to May 23 this year", wrote AR Naik. "Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) had published an advisory on the malware attack on WhatsApp users three days before the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform first alerted the Indian government, a top official told ET." However, it did not explain why "CERT-In removed from its website two days ago an advisory it had put out in May warning users of a vulnerability that could be used to exploit WhatsApp on their smartphones". "India is a surveillance state with no judicial oversight," said Mishi Choudhary, legal director of of the New-York based Software Freedom Law Center. "NSO group, which makes software for surveillance, says it only works with government agencies." Needless to say, "The government has denied the claims," going on the attack instead. "These attempts to malign the government of India for the reported breach are completely misleading," a government statement read, promising "strict action" against those responsible. Fortunately, no one, Indian or foreign, believes what our government says. "In 2008, the Congress-led UPA government authorised the tax department to intercept corporate lobbyist Nira Radia's telephones for 120 days, which was extended by another 120 days in May 2009." Chairman of Tata group Ratan Tata filed a case in Supreme Court in 2010 not to publish his private conversations. The Court is yet to rule on it. Even Interpol is in no hurry to deal with red corner notices issued by our investigative agencies. "Activists ask if the Indian government is in a state of war against its citizens," wrote Manu Joseph. "The State needs the money of its people, their surrender to laws and their acceptance of a limited set of freedoms, widely overrated as 'liberty'." We surrendered to the Moguls, and to the British. Now we surrender to internal invaders. We are Indians.